Top judge Khosa has no social media account: SC

LAHORE: The spokesperson
of Supreme Court of Pakistan has informed that the incumbent Chief Justice of
Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa does not have any social media account, on Saturday.

The Supreme Court has
issued a statement in this regard and it stated: “It is clarified that his
lordship [CJP] is neither using any Twitter or Facebook account, nor page, nor
any other ID or any other social networking websites”.

The clarification came
after a fake social media account being operated in the name of the new chief
justice came to light.

The court directed the
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
(PTA) to block the accounts, IDs and pages in the name of Justice Khosa and
pursue legal actions against those responsible. Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa

Earlier on Friday,
Justice Khosa took oath as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan in a ceremony
held at President House, Islamabad.

CJP Khosa will serve as
the top judge of the country for almost eleven months and is due to retire on
Dec 21, 2019.